Some time ago, Ambassador Achema Harold, opined in one of the dailies that
those seeking Agofe are self seekers, that the Lugbara were egalitarian and
believed in equality. Hon Dr. Okuonzi MP Vura rebutted the same, and supported
the idea, it is not the most pressing issue we have, Sam Andema
Aggrey, you have a point, I do not know what other Guru's think.
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On Jul 20, 2013, at 5:30 PM, aggrey adrale fetagrey2...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
To uphold some vital tradition, safeguard our unique cultures and promote
unity across the clans the Agofe institution could be
, I'll send you both to
the electric chair.'
.
Enjoy
Maandera
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Dear Caleb,
Thank you for inviting us to respond to this very important subject regarding
the institution of Agofe among the Lugbara. Unfortunately, I seem not to have
read the articles by my elder brothers Mr. Acema and Hon. Dr. Okuonzi or if I
did, I never paid much attention to them to be
For those who haven't seen it here is Acemah's article published in
the Monitor (June 20, 2013).
http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Quest-for-Lugbara-chiefdom-is-nothing/-/689364/1891142/-/oe9392/-/index.html
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Today, your columnist has decided to go native, for once; after all,
And here is Dr. Okuonzi's rebuttal of Achemah's article:
ttp://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Pursuit-of-Lugbara-chiefdom-is-justifiable/-/689364/1898936/-/114vwh8/-/index.html
Harold Acemah’s piece in the Sunday Monitor of June 23, “Quest for
Lugbara chiefdom is nothing but
Folks...
We may be headed for a collision course with this idle talk of a
new Agofe when the REAL Agofe, Colonel Dr. John Bart Agami, the
fomer Agofe, now King of LADO encampassing the Eastern and Western
Equatoria regions of South Sudan, West Nile parts (except Alur
kingdom) and lugbara/Kakwa
Good people,
Some of you may recognize that my name Angelo
Opi-aiya Izama is similar to that of Angelo Adalla Izama, the late
paramount chief of Madi. The late Izama is my grandfather and I think my
middle name Opiaiya - refers to the scattering of that authority or
